Monday 13 June 2022

one suspects but cannot know

 one suspects but one cannot know 


one suspects

but one cannot know

that the tongue lashings

were a broken-hearted stone

in his gullet

a plea never issued

a pain never admitted

or articulated

they say the crack of a whip

breaks the sound barrier

ten thousand miles away

at the other side of

god only knows

why the wire was so highly strung

or why its wheals never heal

hang the whip now folded into a heart

shine it with your tears

the wheals may never heal

but they should never come off your wagon


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